Writing HTML is not coding. You can't relate to me.

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I was being told that it's not programming, not sure why it's not coding either.

Got buffer overflow because i didn't allocate enough memory for the last div... Never forget to allocate well the memories when you are programming in html or it you will end up with a kernel panic... I learnt it the hard way.

Until you play a complex game all developed in html5

@buksys HTML. IS. MARKUP.
HYPER TEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE.
You can make a game with Javascript, style it with CSS, put that thing in a HTML file, and let it be displayed by the browsers renderer. HTML != Scripting/Programming/fuck anything else.

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@Gatgeagent chill. No need to start screaming and pouting.

Yes, html is (just) a markup language. Though with html5 and associated technologies, the line is starting to blur a little.

It's still developing though. The dude is still a dev, even though he's not a programmer.

And there's a limit to elitism where you just sound like a douche.

Def. Code . Noun
Def 2
a system used for brevity or secrecy of communication, in which arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are assigned definite meanings.
http://www.dictionary.com

Html certainly is coding because it's written in a coded language (ie not understandable without grasping how the code translated the coded language into something) all markup languages are by DEFINITION coding. Markup is coded language, even if it is easy to grasp how the coded language is "decoded" and assigned to their definite meanings.

As to Whether it is "programming"
verb (used without object), programmed or programed, programming or programing.
15.
to plan or write a program.
16.
Digital Technology. to write computer code.

Html is computer "code" because it is system used for brevity, in which arbitrarily chosen words, letters, or symbols are assigned definite meanings

How simple the code, has no bearing on whether it IS code.

@Gatgeagent By definition of the words "code" and "programming" your statement is false. This is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of definition, one that is proven quite easily simply by looking the words up in a dictionary.

So... Programming languages:
C++ vs "HTML":

C++:
Primitive Datatypes:
Boolean
Character
Integer
Floating point
Double floating point
Valueless
Wide character
HTML:
none of them(or do you write <boolean foo>true</boolean>?!)

Popular Compilers:
C++:
GCC
C++Builder
Salford C++ Compiler
HTML:
Just some products which put a webview inside their program and name it compiler.
Interpreter:
CPU(C++ is compiled into machine code and interpreted/runned by the CPU)
Cling also works kind of
HTML:
HTML is rendered by a browser, or you can scrape informations out of a HTML file.

Do you want more?

@Gatgeagent nothing you've mentioned is relevant. The questions isn't about complexity or features.
Possibly you're so stuck on this because you get offended by someone writing html and saying they're a "coder" or "programmer" because you feel it de-values your skill set.

However, complexity, features, compilation vs interpretation has no bearing on whether the language is defined as "code" and whether writing it is "programming" the actual definitions of the words are very inclusive. By definition, Additional "programming" languages would be: sql, xml, bash, json, visual basic, mathlab, excel formulas. All forms of markup, meet the definition of coding. Sorry that you are on the wrong side of the English language on this one.

I'm not arguing that writing html is somehow difficult, that it is anyway a difficult and deep intellectual endevor. I'm explaining the ENGLISH DEFINITION.

@brettmoan I'm speaking about programming languages, not about code.

@Gatgeagent Hyper TEXT Markup Language.
Code is also text, and therefor Html is code.

@bjorngi I never said, that HTML is not code. I just said that HTML is not a real programming language(like many of me before, the rant also started 'cause of that). Why does everyone twist my words(or are some people not able to read sentences instead of code?).

@Gatgeagent the OP rant says writing html is not coding... He doesn't mention programming. Down vote... Off topic